terry, sounds like you've got some twsting to do. if you pull on the string a little, which way does the cam rotate? does it rotate the way you need it to for the timing to be correct? or does the timing get worse? your string definitely needs twists and probably your cable too. different people do it different ways. i worry about timing the cam first. then once that is done, on a single cam, i'll twist the string twice for each one i put in the cable. this will shrink ata, increase bh, and leave the cam timing set, or almost set. if you don't take the string all the way off the bow when twisting, which i don't, then put the same number of twists in it from each end loop. that way the twists won't get loaded up on 1 side of the idler wheel. anyway, that's what works best for me, but there is more than 1 way to skin a cat.